EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this... Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed - Page 109by Laconics - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Nashe (pseud) - 1871 - 326 lehte
...VEN such is time, which lakes in trust Our youth, our age, and all we have, And pays us but with a°e and dust, Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways Shuts l1p the story of our days. And from the earth, the grave and dust, The, Lord shall raise me up, I trust.... | |
 | William Oldys - 1740 - 588 lehte
...have j And pays us but with Earth and Duft : Who in the dark and filent Grave, [ When we have wander'd all our Ways, Shuts up the Story of our Days. But from that Earth, that Grave and Duft, The Lord fhall raife me cp I truft. The next Morning, -being Tburfday... | |
 | 1803 - 490 lehte
...time,>f^ich takes in trust Our youth, and^jys, and all we have, And payes us but with age and dust, Which in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our wayes, Shuts up the story of our dayes : And from which earth, and grave, and dust, The Lord shall... | |
 | 1907 - 584 lehte
...effect, in union with interchanging rhymes, as in Sir Walter Raleigh's ' Even such is Time, that takes in trust, Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways, Shuts up the... | |
 | 1828 - 456 lehte
...smart, Dry up my tears, and dwell within my hearl! SIR WALTER RALEGH, THB NIGHT BE FORK HIS DK1TB. Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we hav«, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered... | |
 | 1822 - 970 lehte
...execution he wrote these lines in his Bible : Even such is time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our joyg, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways Shuts up the story of our days I But from this earth, this grave, this dust,... | |
 | 1823 - 478 lehte
...Raleigh's heroism does not fade. The night before his execution he wrote these lines in his Bible : Even such is time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our...dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wander'd all our ways Shuts up the story of our days 1 But from this earth, this grave, this dust,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 468 lehte
...his death, which VOL. II. (New Series.) K being short, the most appropriate may be repeated. " Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys,...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days !" He has added two other lines expressive of his trust in his resurrection. Their authenticity is... | |
 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 lehte
...compose those verses on his death, which being short, the most appropriate may be repeated. " Even such is Time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys,...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days !" He has added two other lines, expressive of his trust in his resurrection. Their authenticity is... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 lehte
...bard," from the single composition of " Verses on "his Death," which has such lines as these : " E'en such is time, that takes on trust, Our youth, our...wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days." Rawleigh's life of daring adventure, and (to a great extent) of success, is an unquestioned proof of... | |
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